Redding Ridge prices three-year new issue CLO
Redding Ridge priced a $597.2 million new CLO via Deutsche Bank on Friday, with the deal selling its senior notes at a slight discount to par 

CSAM plans double CLO issuance next week with US and EU deals in the market
Credit Suisse Asset Management is preparing to issue two new issue CLOs next week, with one issuance on either side of the Atlantic

New investments drive Canada Pension Plan’s credit returns to 8.7%
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)’s credit portfolio has delivered good returns during the 2019 fiscal year, despite the market volatility, according to the institution’s annual financial report  

AGL further expands with hires from CIFC and Mizuho
AGL Credit Management, founded by former CIFC chief executive officer Peter Gleysteen, has appointed a further two officials to its New York office

Symphony becomes 90th manager to price CLO this year
Symphony Asset Management yesterday became the 90^th CLO manager to price a transaction this year after printing a new issue named Symphony CLO XXI

Ostrum appoints structured credit head as it looks to issue US CLOs
The market has found a plethora of CLO managers looking to expand in Europe, but Ostrum Asset Management has gone the other way by hiring an experienced US CLO portfolio manager

AGL confirms Comer hire in New York
AGL Credit Management has today confirmed the appointment of Wynne Comer as chief operating officer. Creditflux first reported on the move last week

Global b-wic round-up: US CLO equity continues its surge
Last week marked the third straight week that the US CLO secondary market has seen total listings of under $600 million, but over a quarter of that was equity.

Monroe teams up with Deutsche Bank for its first mid-market CLO in over six months
Monroe Capital returned to the CLO primary market with its first deal in over six months

US CLO league tables: Octagon and Citi lead the way
April was the busiest month yet in the US CLO market this year with $16.42 billion in transactions, beating February by around $500 million. 

Global CLO league tables at a glance - April 2019 YTD
Global CLO league tables at a glace - April 2019 YTD

Global CLO round-up: new managers put down roots
Birch Grove priced its debut CLO this week while relative newcomers PPM (in the US) and Voya Alternative Asset Management (Europe) grew their CLO AUM.

Continuous par build can provide a rainy-day fund for when downgrades to triple Cs pour in
If CLO managers are preparing for mass downgrades to triple C loans, then trading gains and thick OC cushions are the best defences

CLO single Bs to return with higher attachments
US CLO equity investors this year seem to be focused on downside risk and this is evident in the lack of single B-rated debt in 2019 CLOs. However, there is demand emerging for a new style of single B-rated tranches that are forcing some equity investors to reconsider their stance.

Aegon prices 10th new CLO and sixth arranged by Jefferies
Aegon USA Investment Management tapped the CLO market on Friday, issuing a $404 million deal named Cedar Funding XI

US CLO round-up: managers flock back to market in Groundhog week
The CLO market picked up where it left off as a variety of managers flocked to the primary market with new deals. There were some events which led us to believe that things were on repeat, with managers synchronising their issuance, more examples of structural innovation and PGIM pricing tight (again)

Mid market CLO round-up: Owl Rock perches in the CLO space with debut deal
There was a flurry of activity in the middle market CLO space last week

Global b-wic round-up: secondary flows drop to $599 million in the US
Secondary CLO trading took a back-seat last week, with European market participants away Monday and the US focused on 10 primary market pricings 

Octagon's 2019 CLO volume reaches $3.65 billion after sixth transaction
Octagon Credit Investors last week became the first CLO manager to price its sixth transaction of 2019, with a $510.65 million reissue of its 2014 deal, Octagon Investment Partners 20

16% of insurers plan CLO allocation increase, survey finds
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has released its annual insurance asset management survey

LCM brings new issue CLO to market via Natixis
LCM Asset Management priced its second new CLO of the year yesterday named LCM 29, according to market sources

Guardian Life subsidiary prices new issue CLO with triple As at 148bp
Park Avenue Institutional Advisers, the asset management affiliate of insurer Guardian Life, returned to the new issue CLO market yesterday with its latest offering, PAIA CLO 2019-1

CRE CLO issuance climbs in Q1
SImilarities in structure rival differences in credit analysis

PGIM prepares new US CLO via Goldman Sachs
Fresh off pricing a European CLO, PGIM is marketing what will be its second new US CLO of the year

Trinitas CLO refi prices triple As at 139bp and 6bp wide of several longer-dated deals
Trinitas Capital Management has refinanced one of its US CLOs and although the deal has cut financing costs, the final print is wide of where several five-year reinvestment CLOs are pricing